*tears hair out*

[agilebrit]

I swear, I'm going to beat the reviewers of Cerberus upside the head with a 4x4...because the 2x4 is apparently ineffective. Woke up to this in my inbox this morning:

wow, i would love it if you made it into a full out story rather then a one-sh...three-shot fic. keep up the good work though because you are a very good writer!

Oh, you mean a full-out twenty-chapter behemoth? Look at my profile. What in there gives you any indication at all that I'm capable of writing such? Summary after summary says "oneshot." Oneshot, oneshot, one-frickin'-shot, dammit. You're lucky you got two alternate scenarios and over eight thousand words out of this one fic. You're lucky I've left it open to other possibilities instead of just calling it "done," because Lord knows I've got seven other fics plus three original stories sitting on my hard drive waiting for the attention they deserve. Not only that, but this particular pairing squicks the hell out of me, so if you're wanting River and Jayne to make with the smoochies in one of my fics, you're gonna have a LONG frickin' wait.

Okay, I'm glad they liked it. I'm glad they liked it enough to push the review button and let me know they liked it. I'm sure they didn't mean to be insulting. I'm sure they think that "please write more!" is a compliment. And it is...but it's a left-handed one, for a story that's labeled like this one is labeled. And honestly, other than River and Jayne making with the smoochies (which, as I've said, will happen when Hell freezes over), I don't know what else could be added to this fic to make it any more of a "full out story" than it already is.

Oh, and it's "Alan Rickman." If you're such a huge fan, learn to spell his name right--because spelling it "Alen Rickmen" is insulting. (Yes, I read her profile. Which induced a whole lot more headdesking, but that's a rant for another day.)



*sigh* My habit of writing open-ended endings always bites me in the ass. But I don't know what the hell else to add to the end of the damb thing. It feels like a finished story to me (other than the alternate scenarios, which I'm admittedly having fun playing with). Argh. [Soup Nazi Voice] No Rayne smoochies for you!

Comments

[crayonbreakygal.livejournal.com]

*hands you a cookie*

I got a review the other day on a story that I had written and finished more than a year ago. The person wanted more. The thing was a gazillion chapters and was finished. Huh? Go figure.

[agilebrit.livejournal.com]

Always leave 'em wanting more, I guess, but that's ridiculous. I just...the story is self-contained as it is. What "more" is there?

[zilly14.livejournal.com]

I get annoyed by that too. I have a finished story (or a 100-word drabble which I don't feel like expanding and is fine on its own) and there will be reviews of "PLEASE WRITE MORRRE I WANT MORE WHINE WHINE WHINE." It's like "um, no." Even if I do want to write more for a story, sometimes the plot bunnies just aren't giving me anything.

Grr.

[agilebrit.livejournal.com]

I have several one-shots that people have put on Story Alert at FFN. Um, why? If I write a sequel to any of them, they'll be uploaded as separate stories, not new chapters. *shakes head at the stoopid*

THERE IS NO MORE!!!

*goes back and reads other "Cerberus" reviews* I made two people at FFN cry. That makes me feel better.

[hieispike.livejournal.com]

I know the feeling. I'm a "one-shot" kind of writer, too, and there's almost always one review that asks me to continue the fic.